To:V. M. MOLOTOV FOR THE POLITBUREAU OF THE R.C.P.(B.) C.C.

Written:Written on August 11, 1921Published:First published in 1965 inCollected Works, Fifth (Russian) Ed., Vol. 53.

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ComradeMolotov:

Itis absolutely necessary to appoint a special
commission from the Politbureau:

Molotov(with the right of his substitution by
Chicherin) for the day-to-dayhandlingof matters connected with
aid to the starving from America and the League of Nations.

Thisgame is an extremely intricate one. There is rank
duplicity on the part of America, Hoover and the League
of Nations Council.

Hoovermust be punished, he must beslapped in the face
publicly, forall the worldto see, and the League of Nations
Council as well.

Thisisvery hardto do, but itmustbe done.

Ican’t work. There is absolute need of help from
Trotsky, who has a capacity for these things (both
diplomatic experience and a military and political instinct).

Pleasehave a vote taken in the Politbureauat onceby
telephone.

Showthis note toeveryoneand get their votes.

TheGerman and Norwegian governments could be taken
as models.

Anyother approach should be rejected with a motivation
which is clear to all, and this should beloudlyproclaimed
to the whole world.

Thedisguised interventionists must becaught(have
Uuschlicht help out).

TheKompomoshch[1]apparatus must be tightened up (if
there is a shortage of men,borrowsome from themilitaryfor two months).

Collegialwork is of especial importance in the next few
days, because the political responsibility for thisvery
difficultmatter isenormous.

P.S. Our moves must be subtle. A number of especially
strict measures. Hoover and Brown are liars and
brazen-faced fellows.

Theconditions must be ofthe strictest: arrest and
deportation for the slightest interference in our internal
affairs.

[1]Areference to the Central Famine Relief Commission under the
All-Russia Central Executive Committee.—Ed.